Peter Sotherland

Maryland Department of Transportation

State Highway Administration

July 2019

Ocean City Md Review

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2012 PRSACrash Statistics

Between 17th and 56th Street

38 reported crashes between 2009 and 2012, 3 fatalities

63 percent of crashes occurred at night

42 percent of crashes involved alcohol

Observations

Pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk;

Pedestrians crossing against the signal;

Motorist’ failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk;

Pedestrians in the roadway;

Motorists’ failed to yield to pedestrian crossing driveway.

Mitigation

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Engineering

Enforcement

Education

Audience

Families, tourists, visitors, residents, and seasonal workers

Intoxicated pedestrian – focusing on young adults

High school students/graduates for senior week

Motorists

Ocean City Pedestrian Safety

Committee

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OCPD

SHA – District 1

Maryland Highway Safety Office

OCPW

SHA Regional Planning

SHA Office of Customer Relations & Information

MSP

Worcester County Sheriff’s Office

PRMC

OC Chamber of Commerce

Seacrets

Fager’s Island

Mackey’s

Worcester County Health Department

And More…

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Creative

Events

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Short Term Improvements Signage

Installed No Pedestrian signs and “Use Crosswalks” signs in median of

MD 528 from 52nd – 59th Streets.

Eliminated right turn on red at 28th & 127th Streets

Pavement Markings

Installed “No Pedestrian X-ing” pavement markings on top of curb from 52nd

– 59th Streets.

Signal Timing

Split phased side streets at 28th, 94th, & 130th Streets.

Added “advanced peds” to signal timing along entire MD 528 corridor

Initiated “ped recall” from May 1st through Oct. 1st , 10pm – 3am at: 17th,

Dolphin, 23rd, 26th, 28th, 30th, 33rd, 40th, 41st, 45th, 52nd, 56th, 59th Streets

Added 7 more seconds of “Walk” time for peds to cross.

Bus Stops

Transit stop relocated to southwest corner at 49th Street, transit stop at 32nd

Street (unsignalized) relocated to 33rd Street (signalized) on northbound

MD 528.

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Mid Term Improvements

Completed speed study and lowered speed limit from 40 mph to 35 mph between 33rd and 62nd Streets

Constructed pedestrian signal at 54th Street

Removed depressed curb medians

Filled in vegetated medians

ADA improvements underway (bump-outs)

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Long Term Improvements Median Barrier

Fence

Vegetation

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Pedestrian Collisions Ocean City, MD

Fatal Collisions Pedestrian Collisions

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Pedestrian CollisionsOcean City, MD

State Roads

City Roads

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Pedestrian Collisions by Location

South of 40th St 40th St to 62nd St North of 62nd St

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

PRSA Corridor (MD 528, 17th – 56th Street) Crash Summary

PRSA Corridor Percent

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Collisions Involving Alcohol

Percent Collisions Involving Pedestrian Alcohol Percent Collisions Involving Driver Alcohol

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Ped Collisions by Month

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Proportion of crashes by day

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Summary

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Mixed bag

Initial successes

Difficulty with staying power

Issues persist on weekends/late at night

Why the increase over past couple years?

Will be undertaking an in depth follow-up study of this

PRSA to pilot a follow-up study process